Anywhere which is a cause for concern?? Weirdly most of my friends with sporting injuries come from Bball
It was an odd night. The symptom was at the insertion of the IT band to my right knee. I have some knotted up areas up in my quad and the pain kind of radiates down to my knee. My left side has been doing this for quite a while but it wasnât the problem tonight.
Foam rolling helps the left side but both legs seem to be angry tonight.
6.7.21
SMITH SQUATS
a la @flappinit
Bar (35) x 20 x 5 sets
Narrow stance, knees over toes, full depth. Video of last set below.
General Thoughts
- I need to get on a court and run basketball sprints to get better at basketball.
- These no weight high-rep-for-me quickies blow my legs up for a bit (I kind of wanted to puke after the squats because I underestimated the difficulty and did it after dinner).
- If all goes according to plan, Iâll be working in a high school in two months which means Iâll have a new weight room, basketball courts, pool, track, and turf football field at my disposal. No need to join that gym.
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Holy shit, a lot has been happening with you while I was off the last 2 months doing outage! Iâm pretty excited for you, to be honest. Itâs always appeared to me that your primary motivation in working has been to try and help people, and Iâve seen the frustrations inherent in law enforcement eating away at you gradually but steadily. Iâm glad that youâre finding what looks like a better path for you, both for your own well-being and for the good you can do!
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I love this idea. I might have to steal it.
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Thanks, Steve! Your observations are correct. I donât see a future in my current place and I know I can do good inside the schools. And having summer break will be pretty sweet.
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I like the squats! Shoot, donât be afraid to elevate your heels and get those knees farther out in front. Less hip flexion is an added bonus.
I was also wanting to work on ankle mobility. I broke my left ankle in '13 and I lost some ROM. Iâd kind of accepted it but youâve made me rethink that.
I donât know if Iâll load these up, but I think theyâre a good addition/substitute to my leg training. This comment is worth some consideration:
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These are phenomenal for soleus, calf, and foot arch mobility:
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Doesnât matter a ton, but Cosgrove was paraphrasing. Cookâs exact phrasing for the same message, which, if Googled, will bring up a ton more of his content, is:
Not coincidentally, Cook explains that he doesnât like trap bar deads exactly because it âlets people squat their deadliftâ (4:30ish in the video below). So, your instinct is totally on track. Instead, he adjusts bar height and grip width as needed based on their leverages and mobility.
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6.8.21 C8 W1 D2 - Chest
INCLINE
120 x 5
130 x 5
150 x 5
170 x 10+(2x6) - 6 sets of 2 myo style. Iâll probably use this format from now on.
OHP BBB 50%
70 x 10 x 5
DB BENCH
75 x 8+4+2+2 rest/pause
DB LAT RAISE
25 x 20+8+8+8 rest/pause
Everything after the first set was a partial rep.
INCLINE DB CURL
30 x 15+3+2+2 rest/pause
30 minutes. I took the day off from work and went to school with my wife to watch her teach. Theyâre doing summer school and it crams the semester into 14 school days. Theyâre long days but I got to observe six classes. I feel better about my next adventure.
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I just wanted to drop in for a moment to say that it makes me overwhelmingly happy, like real tears of joy to see someone willing to step up and do something to help troubled youth. I was one of those kids, and became one of those adults. It was very bad.
It feels good all the way to my soul to know that there are people in the world who are willing and able to do some good.
Thanks.
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First and foremost, thank you! And now to my soapbox⊠
Somewhere along the way I adopted the mindset of âIf youâre going to complain about something then offer a solution.â This started with my first law enforcement job. It was easy to get together with a co-worker and gripe about all the things we didnât like. Well, the only thing that is accomplished by that is spreading negativity.
I decided that you only get to do that if you try to solve the problems. Iâve tried to continue doing that through the years. I donât really succeed when it comes to solving big problems at work but I at least offer to help.
As a white male police officer in the US, Iâve been the target for a lot of blame. I get tired of hearing that itâs my fault that people break the law, fight police, and then get hurt. I get tired of hearing that all of a personâs problems are my fault even though weâve never met. Iâm tired of the behavior I see in the US.
So back to my rule - no griping unless you want to fix it. I have seen common factors throughout my career. I like to find explanations and statistics help me with that. I saw this video a while back and I liked it because itâs math. Iâve cued it up to the part to which Iâm referring:
The numbers are staggering. If the deck is stacked against kids with broken homes or without a father then we need to do something about that. The biggest thing in the BLM agenda that bothers me is that they donât believe in the traditional family. They believe in the community approach. I donât disagree with that, but I havenât seen it being executed with any success.
I think back to my childhood and I canât help but be thankful for my parents, teachers, and coaches. I probably take my parents for granted in this evaluation, but I havenât forgot some of my teachers and coaches to this day. They had an impact on me. I had coaches who took it upon themselves to teach me how to be a man.
I believe I can be this figure for kids in my city. If they come from a great family or a disaster of a home, I can benefit their lives and future. I donât like what I see in our country. I see a common problem/factor. And I can be part of the solution. Itâs as simple as that.
And I want to be clear - this is only my perspective. This isnât a matter of what is right or wrong; itâs what I believe and I donât mind if someone feels differently.
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I had this summed up to me well as âDonât be a problem admirerâ
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I think it should be family, then the community. Both are important, but your parents should be the main influences (hopefully theyâre good ones, haha).
Someone said two things about the Amish. 1). They donât just refuse to use any and all technology - they look at it and ask if using it will make their community as a whole better, or if they could do fine without it. 2). They donât have insurance because when someone gets sick or someoneâs house burns down, rather than saying, âWell you shouldâve had health/home insurance,â they consider it the communityâs responsibility to help take care of that person and their family. They shouldnât handle those burdens alone.
Now thatâs probably a gross simplification of the Amish beliefs, and I suppose different groups have different beliefs, but it was interesting to hear.
I think itâs kind of like what youâre trying to do. If that little boy and this little girl donât have a dad in their lives, then you should do what you can to be the male role model that they need so they donât have to suffer alone. Ideally everyoneâs dad would fill that role for their own kids, but when someone wonât/canât, we should be willing to step in and help out those that we can. The community can step in when the family is unavailable. Maybe if someone sees these good examples enough, theyâll do a better job with their own family when they become an adult.
I donât know how big of a reader you are, but Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington is a pretty good read. Not too long, pretty easy to get through. I think youâd like some of the lessons he tried to teach his students. Might end up being something you could share with your future students.
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That sounds like communism!!!
I think it might be the closest thing to successful communism we will ever see. Itâs based on the principle of sharing everything but it doesnât take long for people to realize that they get the same amount of ârewardsâ regardless of how much they contribute. Next thing you know, you have what we see in the US - a large population of people who do nothing and expect everything.
The problem with the communities I see is that it is somehow acceptable, almost expected, to be a deadbeat dad. Women allow these boys to knock them up and then just leave and do whatever they want. No child support, no alimony, no help at all. Thatâs the problem with the BLM model. I think theyâre anti-traditional family because they consider it a white thing. Rather than try to emulate us, they want to prove they can do it their own way. Unfortunately, that doesnât work when all the males in a society take on the role of deadbeat. You canât have 100 men walk away from their children and expect one man to be able to replace that within the community.
I think the traditional family should still be the goal, but I accept that itâs not a reality for everyone. There are circumstances where it isnât feasible, but it should still be the goal. People donât have to get married and live together. A man can still be a dad even if he isnât with the mom. Kids need stability and if a couple can put their differences aside and provide that then you can still create a strong family.
I had to do some research on my school and district last night and I learned that 88.75% of the students fall into the âeconomically disadvantagedâ category. A quick Google search defines that as " An economically disadvantaged student is defined as one who is eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Program."
I didnât go down the rabbit hole of the qualifications for that program, but based on the governmentâs guidelines, darn near 90% of the students at my future school fall into the category of lower class or worse. These kids are playing against a stacked deck and they need help. If their parents wonât teach them to work hard and pursue their goals then someone needs to step in. Everyone deserves a chance. People want equality, but we donât deserve that. We deserve equal opportunities. Some of these poor kids get that taken away by their parents.
I know (hope) that this was in jest, but for anyone who reads and takes it seriously: that isnât what communism is at all.
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Definitely joking. The Amish community sounds pretty great. There are days where I wish we still had a bartering system. Our monetary system is what has led us to the welfare state. I donât see anyone handing out fur pelts to people for the purpose of trading. You had to go out and find your own.
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Yeah, I see this a ton. A drug dealer in town has 12 kids, with probably almost 12 women. I donât personally know him, just know some people who know him. I donât think heâs a very good drug dealer - he doesnât have his own car, haha. Needs to step his game up. Seriously though, from what I know he does little to nothing for any of his children. Who has a kid with a guy like that? (I know the answer, and I know why, itâs just hard to watch.)
One of my cousins has a 4 year old who he hasnât seen in over a year and heâs probably given his ex $100 in the kidâs entire life. I have a kid now - even if my girlfriend and I didnât stay together, I canât imagine just disappearing on him and I would feel like a POS if I didnât help his mom out at all. I think deep down, most people probably do feel that way. I know deep down my cousin does. But having those feelings doesnât do much good if you donât decide to fix things.
You got me curious. A little over a third of students in my school district (which covers an entire town) are economically disadvantaged. I suppose thatâs not too badâŠ
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6.10.21 Training Related Post
Those squats on Monday wrecked my legs. I guess doing 100 reps in less than four minutes was tough - even without weight. Iâm due for my leg day today. The plan is to build up to my TM on half squats, deadlifts, hang clean, and then Iâll wing it from there. Even though my quads are so sore that they feel bruised (canât even roll them out b/c Iâm not tough enough to endure the pain) I kind of want to do those squats again. Iâll probably stick to sets of 10 this time and just add weight each set and see where I end up.
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